Necktie-shield for collars.



No. 885,129.` PATENTLD APR. 21, 1908.

- q. o. ALLEN. y NEGKTIB SHIELD PoR COLLARS.'

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 30,-1907.

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UNITED sai-Aras PATENT ormoni. :CHARLES c. ALLENQF KANSAS c1TY, nIssoURI. i 'i i Nac;'rmsnrn:1.15'non'coinyiiits` I I imputation mea Mgmt an, 1907*. serial No. season.

' To all whom'tt may concern:

.the portions of the tie siding at Kansas Cit son and Stateof MlssQuri, have invented a Be it known that I, CHARLEsC. I-.Lnnya citizen ofv the United States of America ,'-re

, inthe county 'of Jackcertain new and Improved NecktieeSliield for Collars; and Ido hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others to make and use the san1e,"reference Abeing had to the accom anying drawing,.forming a part of this spec cation.

In order to tie a neck tie-so as to form. the bow and particularly the descri tion of;

necktie known as the four in han( worn with the turn down collar, which tie. requires more or less lengthening and shortening of extending from the collar when the collar is buttoned to the shirt band, the lap lication of force to draw the neck tie past t' e curvature of the collar at -the neck is resisted by the collar and the collar is 'necessarily unbuttoned and"`removed from the neck band of the shirt in'order to locate the tie in its proper position, which is inconvenient and occasions much lossof time. Besides abrading or rum'pling of the neckV tie results from the force applied to draw the tie between the band and the folds of the collar.'

In order to facilitate the .tying of the neck tie .and at the same time prevent dropping of the tie below the foldof the-collar, is-the object of the invention, and the manner of performance of which is shown in the accom pany'ing drawing, inwhich Figure 1 is a v1ew-in perspective of a turned down 'collar showing the necktiein position and the invention applied to the collar. Fig.

2 is a vertical sectional View of the collar and Sinn] .ar numerals of reference indicate cor- --responding parts in all the figures of the -turned down collar com rising awlng. Referring'to thev drawing: 10 indicates a an inner neck band 11 and an outer old 12.

13xindicates the helfe for the collar button intermediate the ends the collar 'button 13X.' v

of the collar, showing the ends into a bow. f 15 indicatesa thin longitudinalv strip of suitablematerial, referably made from'celluloid ,.the outer sur ace being smooth and nonfrictionahandthe strip forming a non-frictional shield to `a portion of the outer surface of the band 11 of the collar. The stri or shield 15 is made of considerable lengt a portion 16 ofthe lower longitudinal ortion siderable length .and adapted tobe tied at y eing stampdout at a point a short 'stance upwardly and extendedl outwardly nearly in the arc of a circle so asto forma projection, 16x, and from said projection thev remaining portionof the strip'v is bent in a curved line and extended upwardly'and bent `inwardly- 1n' gras ing contact withthe stri 15.-, The

ends o the strip'are curved slig'tly at the .corners and inwardly as at 17. At a point midway the ends of the strip 15 in the portion 1 6, and the body is a notch 18, narrow in width, the upper end of the' notch being curved in the arc of a circle. Upon the reverse side of strip 15, to the 'upwardly extended portion. 16, is a bead 19, this bead being formed by bending `the said upper portion downwardly andinwardly of the strip 15 in the a'rc of a circle, thus forming between1 I the outward bend`16 channel for retaining the necktie.-

Upon the inner surface of the body of the strip 15, is a reinforcing piece, 20, secured and the'bead 19 a 85v fixedly tothe strip and curved in the arc of a' A circle. In the relnforcing strip 204is a'notch ofthe same sizel and' registering with the notch 18 in the strip or shield 15. In the ap lication of the strip or shield 15', to the co ar, the-body portion is inserted between the band 11 and the fold 12, and viously flexed, vadapts itself tothe curve in tendi upon the inner surface of the band 11, an clampi tiej'14, is then p aced on the outer surface of the strip which is polished, the necktiebeing supported by the stamped out portion 16.

The collar is then buttoned to the shirt band in the usual manner' and u on applying slight drawing power to the en s of the necktie the'tie moves freely overthe smooth nonbeing presaid neck band. The neck-,-

f thecollar, the upwardlybent portion 16 exf Ifrictional outer'surface of the shield sothat 4the bow can. be made in the usual manner.

In fastening the collar to the neck band, the

lcollar button dpasses through the notch 18-iu the shield an the shield is lretained thereby from movement while the necktie is being arranged in position and moved reciprocally over the surface of the shield. One purpose of the bead 19 on the shield is to prevent the fold 12 of the collar grasping the necktie too closely when the collar .is secured to the shirt band and thus affording more space for the movement of tlie neck tie, the lower outwardly curved portion 16 of the bend in the strip 15 serving to hold the neck tie from dropping below the neck band of the collar-a channel being fcrnied between these proj ections 16 and 19, upon the polishedsurface of the strip within which the tie is placed.

The shield may be made from metal or hard rubber, if preferred.

I am not aware that a non-compressible bead upon the'upper longitudinal portion and the olished surface of the shield has been 'ma e prior to my invention, the office of which is to `keep the collar away from the neck tie and thus effecting the inain'objcct of the invention, that of preventing tlie collar from interfering with the free movement of the neck-tie.

Such other modifications may be cinployed as are within the scopo of the invention.

Having fully described my iiwention,\\'l1nt I now claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A necktie shield for turned down collars comprising a longitudinal llcxible strip liavin a polished outer surface and a longitudina ly extended bead upon said surface and the upper portion of said strip.

CHARLES C. A Ll iluN.

Witnesses:

R. J. HOLMDEN, NATHAN F. CARTER. 

